"From the balance of the past, we have been lea to the great injustice of the present."

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“The big mistake most commonly made today is that when we speak of transportation we think only of persons and goods. We forget the existence of water, clean or otherwise, moving in pipes, of gas, oil, electricity, messages, the telephones etc. The result is that we waste a lot of space and Networks.”

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“To the right I see the forces which lead to dystopia. It is the big corporation which built the tower on top of the small hill which tells me: "Fly ABC Fortresses!" Airplanes have to be built like fortresses to avoid skyjacking attacks by the passengers.”

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"Hofstadter's Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law."

— Douglas Hofstadter

Science1945

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— Wong Shun Leung

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